U.S. Surpasses 1 Million Coronavirus Cases
Source: NPR
April 28, 20202:08 PM ET
LYNSEY JEFFERY
More than one million cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the U.S., marking a grim milestone in the country with the most reported coronavirus infections in the world, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
U.S. deaths from the respiratory virus passed 57,000 on Tuesday, equal to the upper end of estimated flu deaths for the 2019-2020 flu season, according to CDC data. The true death rate of COVID-19 is still unclear because of a lack of widespread testing, but current numbers suggest a rate much higher than the flu, which infects between 9 and 45 million people in the U.S. each year, the CDC estimates.
New York has been hit the hardest, with nearly 300,000 cases and 22,000 deaths, followed by New Jersey. But conditions have been improving in those states, which have reported success in flattening infection rates.
Now, more rural states are the latest to feel the effects of the pandemic, as they watch infection curves rise.
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